Locking device for hinges



April 14, 1925.

E. F. GALE LOCKING DEVICE FOR HINGES Filed July 14 1924 2% UM m M M m Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

ETTA FLORENCE GALE, 0F TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

LOCKING DEVICE FOR HINGES.

Application filed July 14, 1924. Serial No. 726,017.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ETTA Fnonnnon GALE, a Sub ect of the lung of Great Britain, and

a resident of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locking Devices for Hinges, of which the following is the speci-- iieation.

My invention relates to improvements in locking devices for-hinges of the type consisting of a hinge leaf secured to a stationary member, a hinge leaf secured to a movable member and an intermediate leaf hingedly connecting the leaves of the stationary and movable members together, and the object of the invention is to devise a simple, cheap and easily operated device for locking the intermediate leaf and the leaf connected to the stationary member together when the movable member and leaf are in the open position to prevent its rattling, and it con. sists essentially of the arrangcn'ient and construction of parts hereinafter more particularly described.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a hinge of the type described, showing my locking mechanism coact-ing therewith.

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view through Fig. 1 showing the parts in the open position.

Fig. 3 is a similar view to 2 showing the parts in the closed position.

Fig. i is a vertical sectional view on line 1 4, Fig. 3.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

1 indicates a stationary member such as the frame of a door or window, provided with a vertical strip 3 is a movable member such as a door or window adapted to be hiugedly connected to its frame.

5 is a hinge leaf secured to the stationary member 1 by means of screws 5". The stationary leaf 5 is provided with an outwardly ofiset portion 6 fitting against the strip 2 and. provided at its outer end with hinge sleeves 7.

8 is a hinge leaf secured to the movable member 3 and provided with hinge sleeves 8". 9 is an intermediate hinge leaf provided along one vertical edge with hinge sleeves 9 engaging with the hinge sleeves 8, and at its opposite edge withan offset portion 9 from which extends hinge sleeves?) engaging with the hinge sleevcs 7.

10 is a hinge pin extending through the hinge sleeves 7 and hinge sleeves 9 and 11 is a hinge pin extending through the hinge sleeves 9 and 8".,

By this means it will be seen that the intermediate hinge member 9 is hingedly connected along one vertical edge to the hinge leaf 5 and along its opposite vertical edge to the hinge leaf 8.

The hinge leaf 5 is provided in its inner face with a pair of vertical grooves 12, which is enlarged or deepened in its lower portion, as indicated at 12*.

13 is a locking member comprising a pair of vertical rod portions 14. A rod portion 1+1 is slidable within each groove 12 and is provided at its lower end with an inturned portion 15 for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

The upper ends of the portion 14 are bent horizontally as indicated at 16, the horizontal portion equalling in len th to the thickness of the stationary leaf 0 from the base of the groove 12, plus the thickness of the intermediate leaf 0. The extremity of the portions 16 is again turned downward, as indicated at 17 so as to bear against the outer face of the intermediate leaf 9 when the device is in the locking position, the lower ends of the portions 17 being out-turned and connected together by a U portion 18 forming a handle by which the device is operated.

19 is a vertical slot formed in the leaf 8, and 20 is a recess formed in the movable member 3 beneath the slot 19 and into which the portions 17 and 18 of the locking device extend when the movable member is in the closed position, as indicated clearly in Fig. 3.

lVhen it is desired to lock or unlock the mo "able member, the handle portion 18 is gripped by the operator when the movable member 3 is in the open position and the locking device 13 raised up or down, the movement being limited by the length of the deepened portion 12 of the grooves 12, the inturned ends 15 of the rod portion 14 engaging the ends of the grooves when the locking device is moved to or from the dotted position shownin Fi 4.

When the locking member is carried downward into the dotted position, the portions 14 and 17 extend toeach side of the 1 stationary leaf and intermediate leaf, as

clearly indicated in Fig. 1, so as to secure I them firmly together and thereby prevent any danger of rattling.

From this description it will be seen that I have devised a very simple device whereby the stationary and intermediate members of a hinge of the type described can be easily locked together when the door or other movable member is in the open position so as to absolutely prevent the hinge rattling.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a hinge locking device, the combination with a stationary member and movable member, a hinge leaf secured to the stationary member having a vertically grooved inner face, a hinge leaf secured to the movable member, and an intermediate hinge leaf pivotally connecting the hinge leaves of the stationary and movable members together, of a locking device formed by a rod member bent into inverted U shape form, one arm of which is slidable within the vertical grooved portion of the leaf of the stationary member and the other arm of whichis adapted to be carried into and out of engagement with the outer face of the intermediate member when the locking device is slid vertically.

'2. In a hinge locking device, the combination with a stationary member and a movable member, a hinge leaf secured to the stationary member having a vertically grooved inner face, a hinge leaf secured to the movable member, and an'intermediate hinge leaf pivotally connecting the hinge leaves of the stationary and movable members together, of a locking device formed by a rod member bent into inverted U shaped form, one arm of which is slidable within the vertical grooved portion of the leaf of the stationary member", the other arm of which is adapted to be carried into and out of enga ement with the outer face of the intermediate member when the locking device is slid vertically, and means for limiting its upward movement.

3. In a hinge locking device, the combination with a stationary member and a movable member, a hinge leaf secured to the stationary member having a vertically grooved inner face having a grooved portion deepened to form a stop shoulder intermediately of its length ahinge leaf ,secured to the movable member, and an intermediate hingo leaf connecting the hinge leaves of the stationary and movable members together, of a locking device comprising a U shaped rodportion, one arm of which is provided with an off-set lowerend extending into the deeper ortion of the groove and slidable within tlie groove portion of the leaf of the stationary member, and the other 'arm adapted to engage the outer face of the intermediate hinge member when in the locking position.

4. In a hinge locking device, the combination with a stationary member and a movable member, a hinge leaf secured to the stationary member having a vertically grooved inner face having a grooved portion deepened to form a stop shoulder intermediately of its length, a hinge leaf secured to the movable member, and an intermediate hinge leaf connecting the hinge leaves of the stationary and movable members together, of a loc ing device comprising a member slidable in the grooved portion aforesaid, one end of which is adapted to be carried into and out of engagement with the front face of the intermediate member and the other end of which is carried out of and into engagement with the aforesaid shoulder to limit the movement of th locking device. 1

5. In a hinge locking device,.the combination with a stationary member and a movable member provided with a vertically recessed portion, a hinge leaf secured to the stationary member, a hinge leaf secured to the movable member and having a vertical slot registering with the recessed portion of the movable member, an intermediate member pivotally connecting the leaf of the stationary member and the leaf of the movable member, of an inverted U shaped locking device slidably engaging the leaf of the stationary member and the leaf of the intermediate member, and having the intermediate leaf engaging portion out-turned at its lower end to form an operating handle extending through th aforesaid slot of the leaf of the movable member and into the recess of such movable member.

ETTA FLORENCE GALE. 

